The Local Buzz (legacy): Digitstag:blog.masslive.com,2014:/localbuzz/7802008-06-19T14:27:01ZMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceUpdate Your Browsers, if you pleasetag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.10985172008-06-19T14:27:01Z2008-06-19T14:40:32ZHello, Local Buzz faithful. We're moving, ever so slightly, to a new location on the world wide interwebs, so we'd recommend updating your bookmarks, browsers, and various web exploring ephemera. Effective immediately, our new posts will no longer be appearing...Josh A Thayerhttp://connect.masslive.com/user/jathayer/index.html
Hello, Local Buzz faithful. We're moving, ever so slightly, to a new location on the world wide interwebs, so we'd recommend updating your bookmarks, browsers, and various web exploring ephemera. Effective immediately, our new posts will no longer be appearing...
Digits: On / Under Firetag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.10746392008-06-12T14:44:53Z2008-06-12T14:53:45ZRepublican photo by Christopher Evans 730,000: Average number of pitches thrown during a major league baseball season .230: Mean batting average of former NECBL position players who are currently playing in the major leagues 47: Umpires, out of 68, who...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
Republican photo by Christopher Evans 730,000: Average number of pitches thrown during a major league baseball season .230: Mean batting average of former NECBL position players who are currently playing in the major leagues 47: Umpires, out of 68, who...
A Very Special Digits: Project Homeless Connecttag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.10628312008-06-09T16:02:42Z2008-06-09T16:21:04ZWe received 2008's Project Homeless Connect number tally from Gerry McCafferty late Friday afternoon. Held for the second consecutive year in Springfield's MassMutual Center, Project Homeless Connect operates, essentially, as a homeless-service food court, consolidating most of the services into...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
We received 2008's Project Homeless Connect number tally from Gerry McCafferty late Friday afternoon. Held for the second consecutive year in Springfield's MassMutual Center, Project Homeless Connect operates, essentially, as a homeless-service food court, consolidating most of the services into...
Digits: Recoverytag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.10510182008-06-05T14:57:53Z2008-06-05T15:17:02Z $500,000: Average amount of money lost, per month, in Providence Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke $31: Annual budget for the hospital, in millions 1.4: Average time expended, from registration to discharge, at Ware's Baystate Mary Lane hospital, between 2004...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
$500,000: Average amount of money lost, per month, in Providence Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke $31: Annual budget for the hospital, in millions 1.4: Average time expended, from registration to discharge, at Ware's Baystate Mary Lane hospital, between 2004...
Digits: Pranks, Responsibilitytag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.10284292008-05-29T15:05:32Z2008-05-29T15:29:32Z 4,000: Graduated in UMass's 138th commencement 3: Number of commencement speeches Gloria Steinem has given at Smith College $18.17: Average hourly wage for a woman aged 23-29, in 2007 $21.09: Average for a man of that same age, in...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
4,000: Graduated in UMass's 138th commencement 3: Number of commencement speeches Gloria Steinem has given at Smith College $18.17: Average hourly wage for a woman aged 23-29, in 2007 $21.09: Average for a man of that same age, in...
Digits: Main Arteriestag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.10061152008-05-22T13:50:52Z2008-05-22T21:41:58Z 181.8: Kilograms of cocaine seized by Massachusetts police in 2007 700: Marijuana plants found by police in a Southampton home, in April $10: Price of a bag of heroin in Holyoke, Chicopee, and Springfield, in 1996 637: Opiate-related deaths...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
181.8: Kilograms of cocaine seized by Massachusetts police in 2007 700: Marijuana plants found by police in a Southampton home, in April $10: Price of a bag of heroin in Holyoke, Chicopee, and Springfield, in 1996 637: Opiate-related deaths...
Digits: Bridgestag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.9840852008-05-15T14:08:40Z2008-05-15T14:42:17Z 9: Deteriorated roads in Springfield that are being repaved 2.1: Cost, in millions, for the repaving 5-10: Years of a paved road's lifespan, if sealed with hot asphalt and sand 5500: Total bridges in Massachusetts 10: Percent of those...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
9: Deteriorated roads in Springfield that are being repaved 2.1: Cost, in millions, for the repaving 5-10: Years of a paved road's lifespan, if sealed with hot asphalt and sand 5500: Total bridges in Massachusetts 10: Percent of those...
Digits: Dining Guidetag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.9660852008-05-09T19:03:22Z2008-05-09T19:56:47Z 99: Seats available in the newly-licensed restaurant Lattitude, in West Springfield 2.5 / 1: Required ratio of restaurant seats to off-street parking spaces, according to West Springfield zoning ordinances 62: Spaces in the West Springfield IHOP (International House of...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
99: Seats available in the newly-licensed restaurant Lattitude, in West Springfield 2.5 / 1: Required ratio of restaurant seats to off-street parking spaces, according to West Springfield zoning ordinances 62: Spaces in the West Springfield IHOP (International House of...
Digits: Rights, Fights, Flightstag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.9337582008-04-30T02:23:46Z2008-04-30T14:05:07Z 2: Rank of UMass Economics professor M.V. Lee Badgett, among most powerful academic lesbians, as named by Curve Magazine 6: Lesbian academics, ranked in the list above, who taught at a school in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or Connecticut. $835,000,000,000:...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
2: Rank of UMass Economics professor M.V. Lee Badgett, among most powerful academic lesbians, as named by Curve Magazine 6: Lesbian academics, ranked in the list above, who taught at a school in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or Connecticut. $835,000,000,000:...
Digits: Wireless Astro-Hitchcocktag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.9150542008-04-23T16:59:04Z2008-04-23T19:11:49ZPhotoshop collage by Bill Peters 46: Percentage of towns in Massachusetts that have broadband access 32: Towns in Western Massachusetts that have no broadband access 63: Towns where access is limited or that are considered "underserved" 4: Rank of Massachusetts,...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
Photoshop collage by Bill Peters 46: Percentage of towns in Massachusetts that have broadband access 32: Towns in Western Massachusetts that have no broadband access 63: Towns where access is limited or that are considered "underserved" 4: Rank of Massachusetts,...
Marquetry, Anyone?tag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.9110312008-04-22T14:41:08Z2008-04-23T02:28:28ZFrom silaskopf.comYou totally thought that was a man made of wood in a telephone booth, didn't you? For your information, it's a cabinet with inlaid marquetry. Silas Kopf, who gets our vote for the Valley's Best Marquetry Specialist Who Was...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
From silaskopf.comYou totally thought that was a man made of wood in a telephone booth, didn't you? For your information, it's a cabinet with inlaid marquetry. Silas Kopf, who gets our vote for the Valley's Best Marquetry Specialist Who Was...
Digits: The Last Samuraitag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.8636642008-04-08T15:48:01Z2008-04-08T18:33:39ZPhotoshop collage by Joshua Thayer. $160: Amount, in millions, of start-up capital used to launch Skybus. $15: Amount, in millions, that Westover Metropolitan Airport stands to lose in state funding, due to the demise of Skybus....Greg Saulmon | gsaulmon@repub.comhttp://connect.masslive.com/user/gsaulmon/index.html
Photoshop collage by Joshua Thayer. $160: Amount, in millions, of start-up capital used to launch Skybus. $15: Amount, in millions, that Westover Metropolitan Airport stands to lose in state funding, due to the demise of Skybus....
Digits: Rates, Heights Gone Wildtag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.8478942008-04-02T16:53:03Z2008-04-02T17:10:01ZAP Photo / Dan Steinberg 69: Universities authorized to offer online education programs in China 1: Number of Universities listed above that is located in the U.S. 01002: Zip code of that University $5,000,000: Projected revenue from UMass-Amherst's online course...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
AP Photo / Dan Steinberg 69: Universities authorized to offer online education programs in China 1: Number of Universities listed above that is located in the U.S. 01002: Zip code of that University $5,000,000: Projected revenue from UMass-Amherst's online course...
Digitstag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.8301262008-03-26T15:08:51Z2008-03-28T17:56:44Z The Pursuit and the Product Placement Therein 3.5: Million truck drivers in the United States 70: Percent of goods hauled by truck drivers 5-6: Average miles per gallon in a semi truck $400: Money in a purse a Springfield...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
The Pursuit and the Product Placement Therein 3.5: Million truck drivers in the United States 70: Percent of goods hauled by truck drivers 5-6: Average miles per gallon in a semi truck $400: Money in a purse a Springfield...
Digits: Pi Timestag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.8162762008-03-20T16:36:42Z2008-03-20T16:52:42Z 262: Digits of the mathematical constant pi memorized by Springfield seventh-grader Giovanni Soto....Greg Saulmon | gsaulmon@repub.comhttp://connect.masslive.com/user/gsaulmon/index.html
262: Digits of the mathematical constant pi memorized by Springfield seventh-grader Giovanni Soto....
Digits: Holy Divertag:blog.masslive.com,2008:/localbuzz//780.6961092008-02-11T20:30:52Z2008-02-11T22:58:49ZPhoto by Greg SaulmonThe Old First Church in Springfield The Republican reports today that the Springfield Roman Catholic Diocese will be closing more than half of Pittsfield's Catholic parishes. From the report: Springfield Bishop Timothy McDonnell accepted the recommendations made...Bill Petershttp://connect.masslive.com/user/wwpeters/index.html
Photo by Greg SaulmonThe Old First Church in Springfield The Republican reports today that the Springfield Roman Catholic Diocese will be closing more than half of Pittsfield's Catholic parishes. From the report: Springfield Bishop Timothy McDonnell accepted the recommendations made...